Experts in the News

"Texas remains a red state and it’s difficult to imagine a scenario in which any Democrat can win statewide in 2018," fellow Mark Jones says of the Senate race between Ted Cruz and challenger Beto O'Rourke.

Fellow Francisco Monaldi comments in Platts Oil, which reports that U.S. oil refineries are looking to import crude oil from countries other than Venezuela as the U.S. prepares to sanction Venezuela's oil sector

Baker Institute director Edward Djerejian discusses the Trump administration's calls for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria. Bloomberg: https://bit.ly/2GESdGe

NBC News' Andrea Mitchell sat down for a one-on-one interview with Secretary James A. Baker III, honorary chair of the Baker Institute, during the institute's conference on presidential elections. The two discussed North Korea, China, Russia and what’s happening inside the White House.

How might newly announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports impact Texas' oil and manufacturing sectors? McNair Center director Edward J. Egan comments in the Houston Chronicle